And this was supposed to be the easy game. The Clippers, now winners of four straight, limped to the finish line against the underrated New Orleans Hornets, who made things interesting at the end with a flurry of difficult 3-pointers. As has been the case in most of the Clippers’ crunch time wins, Chris Paul bail[...]

Kobe Bryant sinks a jumper and all of a sudden, the Lakers are back within 12 points. But still, the Clippers are only eight and a half minutes away from their first ever division championship. With an 88-76 lead, Eric Bledsoe powerfully puts the ball on the ground and drives toward the paint. Bledsoe seems to get to t[...]

Just when it looked like the Clippers were going to barely limp into the playoffs and exit in the fist round, they’ve picked up some momentum and are enjoying their first three-game win streak since late February. The Clippers coasted tonight, to an extent, but it didn’t matter, as their talent alone was to[...]